MadameMarque
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Who would I want to be, or whom would I want to play, or whom would want to hang out with? When I think about it, none of my favorite TV police detectives have enviable lives. Everyone Bobby Goren from Criminal Intent has ever been close to since childhood, is scary crazy, except his partner. Charlie Crewes from that NBC series, Life, starts off the story finally released after having been a policeman locked up for years, framed for the murder of friends, and has just barely hung onto his sanity (maybe). D.I. Dave Creegan, from the BBC series, Touching Evil, begins his story having recently been killed (and resuscitated) by a criminal he was pursuing. Jane Tennyson from Prime Suspect is constantly working uphill against an old boys network, while leading a blighted love life and hitting the bottle too hard. Dr. "Fitz" Fitzgerald...I don't remember whether he finally became an official police psychologist (psychiatrist?) or just pinch hit for them, but in his private life, he has every degenerate habit available, and (therefore) a miserable family life. The new incarnation of Will Graham, from the recent series Hannibal, is just a tortured rack of meat who shouldn't trust anyone. There is Columbo. A career police detective with a family life - what a concept! Definitely one of my all-time faves. Still, I don't feature myself as the guy in the rumpled raincoat and the dirty car, chewing on a cigar, haha. I'm pretty sure that Crewes would be the most fun to hang out with, though. So, I don't really have an answer to the question at hand. I just like thinking about some of my favorite detectives, as these are some of my over-all favorite series and characters.
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